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Simon, found on scrap heap, getting better for Reds
One of these days, they might run out of space for the K cards in the upper deck in left field at Great American Ball Park. It might take an extra-inning game for the Reds to get to 22 strikeouts — that’s how many spaces there are — but this ...
It’s official: Oakland joins Horizon League
The long-rumored move of Oakland University to the Horizon League became official Tuesday. The Golden Grizzlies will officially join the league July 1, the Horizon League announced, and will compete in all the conference’s sports, except men’s tennis. “I’ve respected their program for many years,” Wright State Athletic Director Bob ...
Baker chases milestone win
Reds manager Dusty Baker sits in the same spot for every home game, just to the right of the steps leading to the on-deck circle. He gnaws on his trademark toothpicks with the same intensity the players reserve for sunflower seeds, which litter the dugout steps and every square foot ...
Lutz gets monkey off his back with first hit
Donald Lutz knows a thing or two about the Hofbräuhaus, having been to the famous beer hall a couple of times. That’s the original in Munich, Germany, of course, not the one across the river from Great American Ball Park in Newport.The newest Reds outfielder started his first series in ...
Hoover on a roll for Reds
J.J. Hoover got off to a rocky start this season. The fans were turning on him just days into the season when he gave up two earned runs twice in the first four games.Hoover acknowledged his struggles on Twitter on April 6.“Thanks for the support,” he wrote. “I know not ...
Braves halt Reds’ momentum
Reds manager Dusty Baker was asked before Monday’s game against the Braves if he believes in momentum, a concept that’s about as fickle in baseball as the weather. “Momentum’s in the hands of the pitcher,” Baker said. “He can create momentum or stop it.” That was never truer than Monday ...
Three Wright State freshmen leaving program
Wright State announced the departure of three freshman men’s basketball players Sunday: guards Joe Bramanti and Bobo Drummond and forward Jacoby Roddy. The three have not announced their future plans. Coach Billy Donlon said he had known about Drummond and Roddy leaving for some time. Neither of the Peoria, Ill, ...
Shawnee boys, Northeastern girls repeat
The Northeastern girls athletes held up three fingers and said “three!” as they posed for photos with the trophy. The Shawnee boys took their trophy on a celebratory lap around the track and handed it off like a baton at the finish line.Both teams may be used to winning the ...
Former South star giving back with clinics, camp
Nate Miller grew up going to basketball camps run by Jim Scoby and Jayson Gee in Springfield.This summer, the former South High School and Bowling Green star, now playing professionally in Israel, will give back to the community by holding on a weekly clinic in June and a five-day Nate ...
Reds go 10-10 in busy stretch
The Reds were one game over .500 (5-4) when they had their last off day before a stretch of 20 games in 20 days. They promptly lost their next three games to the Pirates, then won eight of 10 at home and closed one of the toughest stretches of the ...
WSU Insider: DeWitt leads strong stretch for softball team
Fifteen of the 18 players on Wright State’s softball roster are from Ohio, so when the Raiders played five games in Los Angeles to start the season in February, it was only natural that junior pitcher Krystian DeWitt, who’s from Garden Grove, Calif., played tour guide “We were driving around, ...
Shawnee pitcher throws best game of his career against Tipp
Tyler Bostick spent Monday in the hospital battling stomach pains. A day later, he felt well enough not only to take the mound against first-place Tippecanoe, but to throw the game of his life.A day after losing 8-0 to the Red Devils, the Braves beat them 2-0 on Tuesday with ...
Witt wraps up productive spring practice season
The sounds of Wittenberg’s last spring football practice drifted at least five blocks from Edwards-Maurer Field on Tuesday night. At 11 p.m, you could hear the Tigers working, even if you couldn’t see them.The 2013 season won’t begin for real until August practices begin, but in some ways, Wittenberg’s season ...
Buckeye baseball booming under Beals
Greg Beals has the Ohio State baseball program on an upward trajectory.After being hired as head coach in June 2010, the 1988 Kenton Ridge graduate has guided the Buckeyes to a 26-27 record the next spring. A year ago, they finished 33-27. With a 28-13 record coming into this week, ...
WSU Insider: Rain playing havoc with baseball season
What’s the old saying? Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. That’s never been more apt for the Wright State baseball team than this month. The busiest part of the Horizon League schedule has been washed out. The Raiders are scheduled to play Valparaiso today, and if the weather ...
Cozart saves day with key play
Zack Cozart unleashed bad throws Monday and Tuesday, and Dusty Baker was asked Wednesday if Cozart’s hand was still bothering him. Maybe that was the reason for the rare errors by the usually sharp Reds shortstop. “He’s fine,” Baker said. “Every time a guy makes a bad throw, there’s not ...
Reds pitchers on a serious strikeout roll
Reds pitchers have worked overtime in the last five days with two 13-inning games and a 10-inning game, but their arms can’t be any more tired than the guys who flip the Kroger strikeout poster boards in the upper deck of the left-field stands.The Reds are on an epic strikeout ...
Reds pitchers on epic strikeout roll
Reds pitchers have worked overtime in the last few days with two 13-inning games and a 10-inning game, but their arms can’t be any more tired than the guys flipping the Kroger strikeout poster boards in the upper deck of the left-field stands.The Reds are on an epic strikeout roll. ...
Reds rally in 9th, lose in 10th
Reds fans chanted, “Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!” In the top of the eighth inning Tuesday with their team down 2-1, they settled on a realistic goal and free LaRosa’s pizza was just one strikeout away. A second run for Cincinnati seemed about as likely as a rainbow suddenly appearing over the ...
Catcher Miller makes first big league appearance since 2010
Pitcher Tony Cingrani and catcher Corky Miller started for the Triple-A Louisville Bats on April 9. On Tuesday, in the second game of a three-game series against the Cubs at Great American Ball Park, they found themselves in the starting lineup for the Reds.Instead of Johnny Cueto throwing to Ryan ...
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